A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 240
companied bythe figures of St. John and Sthe Blessed Virgin, placedone on each side of thefoot of the cross : in frontof these roods lights werefrequently placed, espe-cially on certain festivalsof the Church. Of course,all such were destroyed,some probably as early asHenry the Eighths reign, Jmost… … Rood, Sherborne, Dorset. Rood-toweb, Rood - steeple:this name is sometimes appliedto the tower built over the in-tersection of a cruciform church. Bood-arch is sometimes appliedto the arch between the naveand chancel, from its being im-mediately over the rood-loft. 232 Roof, the external covering…
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